Synonyms for meager
- adjective
- American English
Definitions
- adj. 1
Poor, deficient or inferior in amount, quality or extent
A meager piece of cake in one bite.
- adj. 2
Having little flesh; lean; thin.
Example sentences
- scant Your message was scant on details.
- paltry These shoes cost me the paltry sum of ten euros.
- measly I was only paid a measly two dollars.
- scanty The rice crop was scanty this year.
- impoverished The war lasting for years impoverished the country.
By length
- 4 letters
- poor1, bare1, lean1
- 5 letters
- spare1, petty2, scant1
- 6 letters
- scarce1, sparse1, barren2, dismal2, stingy2, paltry2, measly2, skimpy2, scanty2
- 7 letters
- pitiful3, miserly3, scrimpy
- 8 letters
- trifling2, piddling3
- 9 letters
- miserable4, niggardly3
- 10 letters
- inadequate4
- 12 letters
- impoverished3
- 13 letters
- insignificant5
- 14 letters
- inconsiderable
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (petty2 = 2 syllables).